All The Stops

"In All the Stops, New York Times journalist and editor Craig Whitney journeys through the history of the American pipe organ and brings to life some of the colorful characters who devoted their lives to its music.". "From the mid-19th to the early 20th century, organ music was wildly popular in America. Organbuilders could hardly fill the huge demand for both concert hall and home organs. Master builders such as Ernest M. Skinner developed elaborate organs with ingenious systems of pipes, stops, swells, pedals, valves, and keyboards, capable of replicating the sound and dynamic range of…